Apple iOS 6.0.1 Fixes Bugs, Patches Security

It may not fix the crummy data in Apple Maps, but Apple has issued an update to the operating system for recent versions of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Several bugs, including a very bad one relating to meetings in Microsoft Exchange, and several severe security vulnerabilities, were fixed. The company also released the first test version of iOS 6.1.

Users of iPhone 3GS or later, iPad 2 or 3 and iPod Touch 4th generation or later can download and install the update using Settings-General-Software Update, or by synching through iTunes. As indicated just below, some iPhone 5 users may have to perform the update through iTunes.

Apple lists the following bugs fixed, but indicates that there are others:

Fixes a bug that prevents iPhone 5 from installing software updates wirelessly over the air

Fixes a bug where horizontal lines may be displayed across the keyboard

The security issues are all serious, although it's doubtful any of them are being exploited in the wild, let alone widely. 2 are bugs in WebKit, the HTML rendering engine in iOS and many non-Apple web browsers. Both would allow compromise of the phone simply by visiting a web page. This sort of bug has been used in the past as part of jailbreaking.

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